Chicken Curry

A recipe for those days when you want to cook chicken but don't have the time for something elaborate. A recipe passed on to me by my husband from his bachelor days. It is a simple and quick recipe and tastes really good with both rice and roti. You can also try it with bread.

Ingredients:

• 500 g chicken
• 2 bay leaves
• 1" cinnamon
• 4 cloves
• 4 large onions
• 2 tomatoes
• 200 g curd
• 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 2 tbsp chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 4 tbsp oil
• salt to taste

Method:

• Grind 2 onions, cut the other two into thin slices and finely chop the tomatoes
• Marinade the chicken with curd, ground onion paste, 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, turmeric powder, 1 tbsp oil and salt and keep aside for half an hour
• Heat the remaining oil in a kadhai, add the bay leaves, cinnamon and cloves
• Then add the sliced onion and fry till it is golden brown. Keep aside one third of the fried onion for garnishing
• Add just the marinaded chicken pieces to the fried onions and continue to fry for 5 minutes
• Then reduce heat, add the left over marinade to the kadhai, cover and cook till the chicken pieces are almost done
• Add the finely chopped tomatoes and cook till the chicken pieces are done
• Garnish with the fried onions and serve